21 Campus Safety and Securlty Related Incidents Occured at Puerto Rico College Campuses

For the calendar year 2023, a total of 240 incidents related to campus safety and securty occured at Puerto Rico colleges. It includes criminal offenses, arrests, diciplinary actions, VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and hate crimes.

By subject, there were 156 criminal offenses, 20 arrests, 1 disciplinary actions, 60 VAWA, and 3 hate crimes at Puerto Rico colleges.

When limited to on-campus, there were 44 incidents reported. By incident type, 21 criminal offenses, 1 arrests, 1 disciplinary actions, 18 VAWA, and 3 hate crimes.

Campus Safety and Security Matters Summary at Puerto Rico Colleges
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	20	1	-	19	-	-	0.17
Criminal Offenses	156	21	4	131	-	-	1.35
Disciplinary Actions	1	1	-	-	1	-	0.01
VAWA³	60	18	3	39	-	-	0.52
Hate Crimes	3	3	-	-	-	-	0.03
Total	240	44	7	189	1	-	2.07
Rate Per 1000 Students	2.07	0.38	0.06	1.63	0.01	-	-

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

² Reported by local police.

³ VAWA: Violence Against Women Act

Campus Safety and Security Matters for Puerto Rico Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the the number of incidents related to campus safety between colleges in Puerto Rico. It includes only on-campus incidents rather than non-campus and public properties.

Last Update: April 22, 2025 | Data source: CSS (Campus Safety and Security), OPE

On-campus Criminal Offenses and Safety Matters at Puerto Rico Colleges
State	Enrollment	Total Incidents	Rate per 1000 Students	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crimes
Cambridge College - Puerto Rico Regional Center	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Atlantic University	1,600	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Universidad Central de Bayamon	783	2	2.55	0	2	0	0	0
Caribbean University-Bayamon	929	1	1.08	0	0	0	1	0
Colegio Universitario de San Juan	542	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus	5,986	3	0.50	0	1	1	1	0
Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music	339	1	2.95	0	1	0	0	0
Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de Guayama	262	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de San Juan	190	1	5.26	0	0	0	1	0
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San German	3,163	5	1.58	1	0	0	1	3
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metro	4,360	1	0.23	0	1	0	0	0
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Guayama	1,776	3	1.69	0	0	0	3	0
NUC University - NUC University - IBC Technical Division - Mayaguez	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
NUC University - NUC University - IBC Technical Division - Guayama	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla	1,894	3	1.58	0	0	0	3	0
University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon	2,967	2	0.67	0	0	0	2	0
University of Puerto Rico at Cayey	2,218	3	1.35	0	3	0	0	0
University of Puerto Rico-Humacao	2,611	2	0.77	0	2	0	0	0
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez	10,716	4	0.37	0	1	0	3	0
University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences	1,950	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras	11,493	11	0.96	0	8	0	3	0
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus	5,223	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Leston College	26	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Leston College - Isabela	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Department of Education-PRAMI	81	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Total	115,933	44	0.38	1	21	1	18	3

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